STEP 1. FIRST STEP IS TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO SELL? Now the good thing about a market stall is that you can sell absolutely anything you want. Some market do specialise particular goods but market places such as Portobello Road anything goes. As long as you can fit it on your pitch and it been approved by the market trading office your Stellar .

Antiques

New Goods

Second Hand Goods

Arts & Craft

Street Food (little bit complicated -Food License Required)

Brick-a-Brac

Fresh Produce

Fashion

Vintage gifts

Jewellery

Music / Vinyl’s

And many many more. (if you have a unique idea that’s even better)

STEP 2. FIND OUT WHERE TO BUY STOCK (IMPORT FROM CHINA) OR (BUY DIRECTLY FROM A WHOLESALER) Now this is the most important part of this business believe. there’s is two ways to do this if you make your own products well done. but if you buy and sell then you need to source your stock and pray that you have a regular supply of your best selling item. if you decide to buy from a wholesaler you would be paying more the goods, but the good thing is you would have to hold no stock, where as you buy directly from china. you will pay probably half what the wholesaler is charging you, which means you increase your profit margin by maybe 400%. This also means buying in bulk and if you have confident in your business, then i see no reason not to stock up 6 months worth of stock.

Endless list of wholesaler on Google search. but choose wisely and watch out for those funny prices, because when you go the market just remember that people love a bargain.

Buying from directly from china

Aliexpress (trustworthy seller here – make sure to check feedback before buying anything from china, or order a small sample first) (recommended).

Bang-Good (Trustworthy)( Good china website with a factory in the UK, selling wholesale at china prices offering 2-3 day delivery, if they have that stock in the UK, if not then you will have to wait the normal shipping time frame)(also good for dropping shipping – meaning that you add an extra 000’s of product from bang good to your e-commerce website. When you make a sale just roll over to bang good and place your order for what you just sold and they will ship it using your company name or your name and address. as if you sent it, your customer will never know your dropping. (recommended)

They are many other Chinese wholesale website but these are the only two i trust. Aliexpress is great because of their Escrow system and Bang-good is good and their product are banging.(speaking from Experience and trust me i went through f**king hell when i first started buying from china. Got Ripped off so many times. Stick with these two sites and you’ll be cool like a pink of Fosters.

STEP 3. CONTACT THE MARKET YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRADE AT (recommended – PORTOBELLO ROAD MARKET – recommended) Now that you’ve decided what you would like to sell and your fully confident you can make some money from it. you now have to contact the market trading office of the market you would like to start your business on. in this case Portobello Road.